Around the World discussion

Albania -Broken April - Ismail Kedare
Australia - The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCullough
Bhutan - Beyond the Sky and the Earth - Jamie Zeppa
Brazil - Gabriela Clove and Cinnamon - Jorge Amado
Canada - The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje
Chile - The House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende
Colombia - Love in The Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
France - The Englishman's Daughter - Ben Macintyre
Iran - The Septembers of Shiraz - Dalia Sofer
Israel - A Tale of Love and Darkness - Amos Oz
Italy - The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Japan - Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto
Korea - The Calligrapher's Daughter - Eugenia Kim
Mexico - The Hummingbird's Daughter - Luis Alberto Urrea
New Zealand - The Bone People - Keri Hulme
Nigeria - Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Pakistan - The Wandering Falcon - Jamil Ahmad
Peru - The Bad Girl - Mario Varghas Llosa
Poland - Mosaic: A Chronicle of Five Generations - Diane Armstrong
Russia - Cancer Ward - Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
Sweden - Let the Right One in - John Ajvide Lindqvist
United Kingdom - Scoop - Evelyn Waugh
United States of America - Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
Yugoslavia - The Tiger's Wife - Tea Obreht

I intend to add to this list as and when I see more books I want to read. I have started this wonderful journey with Italy and Umberto Eco's The Name of The Rose

Bon Voyage and a Happy New Year to y'all!

Cool, we are reading some of the same books (Calligrapher's Daughter, Hummingbird's Daughter, and maybe Love in the Time of Cholera). Beyond the Sky and the Earth looks great, I need to read that sometime.

I'm also reading Half of a Yellow Sun, which I am excited about because I have really never read much African literature -- except for European/African stuff like Karen Blixen. What is the book you have listed for Poland about?

Gck - That is nice to know. I wanted to read some non-fiction as well, so I added Beyond the Sky and the Earth.

Constance - I haven't read any African litt either. This challenge is a great way of reading books we wouldn't have read otherwise. Mosaic is a book spanning five generations of a family set in Poland starting in 1890s. I love fiction with a bit of history in it. Thought it would make a good read!

Will check your lists for some inspiration to complete mine!

Welcome, Akila! I've added your selections to the master lists.

I loved The Hummingbird's Daughter, and read Confederacy of Dunces when I went to New Orleans, and laughed so much I embarrassed myself waiting for my plane....

Welcome Akila. :)

Thank you so much, you guys! Feels great to be doing something this fun after a long time!

Akila wrote: "Albania -Broken April - Ismail Kedare
Australia - The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCullough
Bhutan - Beyond the Sky and the Earth - Jamie Zeppa
Brazil - [book:G..."

I was checking out the books on some books on your list by clicking on the links and noticed that the link to The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa took me to a different book page. It's at: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61...

I loved The Thorn Birds - I must have read it four or five times in my late teens. I bought a new copy when I moved to the Netherlands but I've never had the chance to read it - I might have to put it as a substitute for my Australia book!

Kat wrote: "I loved The Thorn Birds - I must have read it four or five times in my late teens. I bought a new copy when I moved to the Netherlands but I've never had the chance to read it - I migh..."

I recently bought The Thorn Birds in a sale along with a few other books. I also want to re-read it.